Wells-next-the-Sea is a small Norfolk town where hospitality and farming matter more than average, and where police have kept anti-social behaviour as their priority. We provide door cover, patrols and key holding to suit.
Trusted Protection in Wells-next-the-Sea
Police in Wells-next-the-Sea reviewed their data and community feedback and settled on one priority for the town and surrounding area: anti-social behaviour. Overall crime is light: Police.uk mapped 142 offences in the surrounding mile across twelve months. The local economy leans on hospitality and agriculture, both well above the national share. That points to door supervisors for busy evenings at pubs and venues, and patrols or remote cameras for farms and holiday premises left unattended.
Wells-next-the-Sea Business Profile
North Norfolk has 4,195 registered businesses. Construction leads with 625, agriculture follows with 520 and hospitality with 470. Hospitality's share, 11.2% against 6.5% nationally, means more pubs, restaurants and guest houses than usual, so extra hands on the door are a regular request in season. Farming, at 12.4% against 4.5%, brings barns and machinery that suit rural mobile patrols and solar CCTV towers.
Anyone we post to Wells-next-the-Sea carries an SIA card, has come through BS 7858 background checks and is a salaried PAYE employee of the network. A GPS ping marks the moment they arrive, and a short electronic report follows each call-out. Our 24/7 control room takes alarm activations and arranges key holding, which suits seasonal businesses closed for part of the year.
Wells Maltings arts centre and an open events area are the two named venues nearby. Gatherings of 200 people or more will come under Martyn's Law in 2027, and our stewards can support organisers ahead of it. What Martyn's Law means for venues.
Sources: Go Security officer network (counts rounded to the nearest 5); ONS UK Business Counts via Nomis; place data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Updated October 2026.
Security Requirements in Wells-next-the-Sea
Mapping turns up only a handful of named sites in the 5km circle: Whin Hill Cider, Wells Maltings, an events area, ten licensed premises and a pair of building plots. Trains and shopping parks are absent, and Fakenham, our closest listed town, is 9 miles off. What owners worry about here is the shuttered holiday let in February and the barn standing alone in open farmland, so remote cameras and a keyholder usually beat a permanent post.
Services in Wells-next-the-Sea
Use the services below for a Wells-next-the-Sea pub, holiday let, farm, shop or event.
Security guarding · Mobile patrols · Key holding · Alarm response · Event security · K9 security · CCTV towers · CCTV monitoring · POD intruder alarms
Crime & Security Data
Police.uk logged 142 offences within a mile of Wells-next-the-Sea between September 2025 and August 2026.
Of those, 69 were violence and sexual offences, roughly half. Anti-social behaviour reached 17, criminal damage and arson 16, public order 13 and other theft 12. With counts this modest, Police.uk gives no quarter-on-quarter comparison. Even so, nuisance and damage are what tend to hit a pub, gift shop or rental cottage, and those are exactly what local officers have chosen to concentrate on.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
The Wells-next-the-Sea team of Norfolk Constabulary sets priorities with the community and partners, and its focus for the town and surrounding area remains anti-social behaviour.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Wells-next-the-Sea.
Areas We Cover Near Wells-next-the-Sea
Fakenham is 9 miles from Wells-next-the-Sea, Holt 11 miles and Sheringham 15 miles. The full list of places sits underneath.
Postcodes We Cover in Wells-next-the-Sea
The 5 postcode districts nearest central Wells-next-the-Sea, covering parts of King's Lynn and West Norfolk, North Norfolk and Breckland.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Wells-next-the-Sea Security FAQs
Often it would be. A year's total of 142 offences inside the mile is small, so most owners settle on a keyholder, someone to answer the alarm and the odd patrol drive-by, all coordinated from our round-the-clock control room.
Yes. Pubs, cafés and guest houses are 11.2% of North Norfolk's firms, against Britain's 6.5%, and ten licensed premises operate within 5km. We can book licensed door supervisors for peak weekends, festivals and private parties.
Farming makes up 12.4% of the district's businesses, close to three times the British rate. Camera towers charged by solar panels need no cable to the grid, and a patrol car can loop several holdings in one night.
After looking at their figures and hearing from residents, local officers have stuck with anti-social behaviour as the issue to tackle. Visible patrols and cameras monitored by an NSI Gold accredited centre give businesses a way to back that up.
We do. Fakenham lies 9 miles away and Holt 11 miles, while Sheringham and Hunstanton are 15 miles each. Every officer there works to the same screening and reporting standards.
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Let us survey your Wells-next-the-Sea business at no cost, a visit normally priced at £250, or call 0800 471 4792 to ask about door cover or key holding.
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